Seiko Epson Corporation

Yoshihiko Momose

Norihiro Yamashita

Tatsuo Hara

Hidekazu Kobayashi

Makoto Katase

Koya Shiratori

Ryuji Moriyama

Takashi Toya

Yoichi Kobayashi

Provided is a recording device including: a medium support portion that supports a medium, a head that ejects a liquid toward the medium, an irradiation unit that emits an ultraviolet ray toward the medium, a carriage on which the head and the irradiation unit are mounted, a moving mechanism that relatively moves the medium supported by the medium support portion and the carriage in a first direction along a first axis and in a second direction along a second axis intersecting the first axis, a first deodorization portion and a second deodorization portion, which perform deodorization, and a housing that accommodates the medium support portion, the carriage, the first deodorization portion, and the second deodorization portion, in which the first deodorization portion and the second deodorization portion are disposed such that at least a part of the medium support portion overlaps a position between the first deodorization portion and the second deodorization portion in a plan view.

Recording device

A recording device including a medium support portion for supporting a medium, a recording unit for recording on the medium, a movement unit configured to move relative to the medium support portion along a first axis, and a detector attached to the movement unit.

Recording device, and control method for recording device

A recording device including a medium support portion configured to support a medium, a recording unit configured to perform recording on the medium, a movement unit configured to support the recording unit, and move relative to the medium support portion along a first axis, a first guide shaft provided on one side of the medium support portion, and extending along the first axis, and a second guide shaft provided on another side of the medium support portion, and extending along the first axis, and a driving unit configured to move the movement unit along the first axis.

Provided is a printing apparatus including a support portion supporting a medium, a movement unit configured to move the support portion in a movement direction, a printing unit configured to perform printing on the medium when the support portion is in a printing region, and a control unit configured to control movement of the support portion. The movement unit includes a belt movement mechanism configured to move the support portion by rotating an endless belt, and a linear movement mechanism configured to move the support portion with a linear motor. The control unit moves the support portion with the linear movement mechanism when the support portion moves in the first range with the printing unit performing printing on the medium and moves the support portion with the belt movement mechanism when the support portion moves within the second range.

Printing apparatus and moving method for support portion

Provided is a printing apparatus including a support portion configured to support a medium, a printing unit configured to carry out printing onto the medium supported by the support portion, a support portion moving unit configured to move at least a part of the support portion in a facing direction in which the support portion and the printing unit face each other to change a support position of the medium in the facing direction, a detected unit having position information in the facing direction, the detected unit being configured to move in the facing direction together with the support portion, a detector configured to detect the position information, and a control unit configured to detect a position of the support portion in the facing direction, based on the position information detected by the detector.

Printing apparatus and method of detecting position of support portion

A detection device includes a light source which emits light, a lens, a light transmissive protecting plate, a length between the light source and the light transmissive protecting plate being larger than a length between the lens and the light transmissive protecting plate, and a light receiving element which receives the light. An angle formed by an optical axis of the lens and the light transmissive protecting plate is smaller than an angle formed by an optical axis of the light source and the transmissive protecting plate.

Detection device and biological information measuring device

A liquid transport device is attachable to a living body and transports a liquid to the living body. The liquid transport device includes a pump unit that includes a storage portion for storing the liquid and a pumping portion for transporting the liquid in the storage portion to the living body, and a seal portion that attaches the pump unit to the living body. A portion of a surface of the living body side of the pump unit is separated from an upper surface of the seal portion. In the liquid transport device, the pump unit is easily fixed to a flexible surface of the living body and a load on the living body is reduced while securing areas for the lower surface of the pump unit and the sealing surface of the seal portion.

Liquid transport device

A timepiece, whose hands move by mechanical energy of a mainspring transmitted through a wheel train, includes a winding-up portion for accumulating energy in the mainspring, an addition and subtraction wheel train driven by addition and subtraction of accumulated energy corresponding to an amount by which the mainspring is wound up and unwound, respectively, an addition and subtraction wheel, disposed in the addition and subtraction wheel train, that rotates in correspondence with an amount by which the mainspring is wound up and unwound, and a lock mechanism actuated in response to the rotation of the addition and subtraction wheel to limit winding up and unwinding of the mainspring to a selected range of windings of the mainspring. This controls the torque output by the mainspring to a fixed range. The addition and subtraction wheel train allows efficient use of space, and can be incorporated in a watch.

Growing community of inventors

Shiojiri, Japan

Yoshihiko Momose